About SELF Trainings

The Spoken Tutorial Project is about teaching and learning a particular FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) like Linux, Scilab, LaTeX, PHP & MySQL, Java, C/C++, LibreOffice etc. via an easy Video tool - Spoken Tutorials. The salient features of SELF (Spoken Tutorial based Education and Learning through FOSS study) are many. See Below:

To come into the program a college has to pay Rs.25000/year only for an unlimited number of students trained on any number of courses with Certificates.

This distance education method is highly conducive to self-learning.

Once one gets started any student or faculty can master the FOSS and also get certificates, Silver/Learner's and Gold/Completion (based on clearing an assessment test)

UG, PG or Research scholar students and even teachers of Science, IT, Engineering, Commerce, Management, MCA disciplines can learn any of the FOSS.

Typically, the first Training at any college is of 2 hours duration. Timing is per the group's convenience.

To start of, any college which is organising the Training needs to get a computer lab ready with machines that support sound. There is no lower or upper limit on the number of participants. This just depends on the number of computers available. For additional participants, laptops if available can be used.

Support from IIT Bombay is available over Skype, in such cases the main organiser's computer should have a webcam via which the Spoken Tutorial team can monitor the Training and answer questions.

If the participants wish to take the test they must do so a month after the Training.

As a first step, the organiser typically a faculty member must register on the Spoken Tutorial site and become authorised to request and conduct training in his/her college. The organiser can also identify student volunteers to publicise and help with the Training. Students have a lot of energy and are very enthusiastic about such activities. Student volunteers get a special certificate, and a T-shirt! They also develop Event management and Project coordination skills. .

All of the above mean a big deal to students for their career with recruiters and at PG interviews.

Today, SMEs and Govt. departments are moving to Open Source Software like Linux OS. Students with this knowledge will have an edge in the job market. They can also become entrepreneurs and use Open Source Software in their businesses, and save money vs., if they were using commercial software.
Net - it is a win-win situation for all. We are having a very good experience with colleges across the length and breadth of India with this format. They start with one and move to cover more batches, more departments, different FOSS series....All working together to Bridge the Digital Divide in our nation.

See the Documents given below to know about all the courses we offer and how easy it is to avail of this training and also get an idea on all the wonderful benefits to students.

Progress To Date

The trainings started in July 2011. These have spread across several Institutions- Degree colleges, Polytechnics, ITIs and even Schools, NGOs, Govt. Offices and some Corporates. To date, around 2600000 students and teachers from all states of India, have taken this Software training. Students from rural places have also benefited from this training. Students are using Linux, Python, PHP & MySQL, C/C++, Java and Scilab in their curriculum. Several colleges are going for Lab Migration, which is switching from Matlab (proprietary) to Scilab. Academia is using LaTeX the de facto standard for technical writing. We have dedicated colleges acting as RESOURCE centers in all states of India.

This package is useful to all who wish to learn basic IT skills. Absolute must for beginners.

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Ascend

Training only, No certificates

ASCEND is a free, open source, mathematical modelling system.

Its main uses have been in the field of chemical process modelling, with its novel modelling language conventions and powerful solver.
Useful for Chemical Engg and Chemistry students.

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Arduino

Certificate

Arduino is open ­source hardware, software and micro-controller based kit. It is used for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control physical devices.

Useful for Electronics students, hardware professional.

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Avogadro

Certificate

Avogadro is a free and open source, advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, bioinformatics, etc. It offers flexible high quality rendering.

Useful for Chemistry and Bioinformatics students.

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BASH

Certificate

Bash is a "Unix shell" command-line interface for interacting with the operating system. Bash has the ability to run an entire script of commands, known as a "Bash Shell script" or "Shell script".

Familiarity with GNU/Linux command lines, and familiarity with basic programming concepts is a pre-requisite for learning BASH.
System administrators will greatly benefit by learning to automate common tasks using BASH.

Open source equivalent to Maya and 3DMax. Useful to create 3D Animation for Architecture & Animation students. Can be used by Civil Engineering students, also.

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C and C++

Certificate

Powerful features, simple syntax, and portability make C a preferred language among programmers, for business and industrial applications. Widely used in the development of operating systems.

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Advanced C

Training only, No certificates

For Advanced C series, learner should necessarily go through C and C++ series beforehand.

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Advanced C++

Certificate

For Advanced C++ series, learner should necessarily go through C and C++ series beforehand.

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CellDesigner

Certificate

CellDesigner is a process diagram editor for drawing gene-regulatory and biochemical networks. CellDesigner is used for user-friendly visualization Modeling and Simulation of genetic regulatory networks, Protein networks and metabolic networks.

Useful for Bio-Chemistry students.

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Chemcollective Virtual Labs

Certificate

ChemCollective Virtual Labs is a simulation of a chemistry laboratory. It allows students to explore and reinforce fundamental concepts, select various standard reagents (aqueous) and use them as they use in a real laboratory.

Useful for Chemistry students.

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Drupal

Certificate

Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Useful for website-building and web applications.

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DWSIM

Certificate

DWSIM is an open-source CAPE-OPEN compliant chemical process simulator. It allows us to conduct experiments and analyze data using advanced models and operations.

Useful for Chemical Engineering students to run the simulations and get a better understanding on a phenomenon.

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Expeyes

Certificate

ExpEYES stands for Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists. It is used to perform basic Physics and Electronics experiments. ExpEYES junior can be used from secondary to graduate level and also in some engineering branches.

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Firefox

Training only, No certificates

Free, open source and popular web browser. Allows you to view Internet web pages, navigate through web pages, and search for web pages using search engines such as Google, Yahoo Search or Bing.

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FrontAccounting

Certificate

Free, open source accounting software (having features similar to Tally). Useful for Commerce students.

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GChemPaint

Certificate

GChemPaint allows you to draw and display 2D chemical structures. This application is useful for school students (9th standard and above) as well as school teachers. Very useful to teach and learn abstract chemistry concepts.

Works only on Linux

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GeoGebra

Certificate

Interactive Geometry, Algebra and Calculus application for school students (7th standard and above) as well as school teachers. Very useful to teach and learn abstract geometry concepts.

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gedit Text Editor

Certificate

gedit Text Editor is a powerful general purpose text editor. It is free and open source software. It is simple and ease of use with simple GUI.

Useful for everyone

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GIMP

Certificate

Graphics art and design software application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements. Useful for all graphic related work. Open source equivalent of Photoshop.

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GIT

Certificate

Git is a distributed version control software. It is a free and open source software. It keeps track of changes made to a file or set of files. It helps in tracking the project progress history.

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Inkscape

Certificate

Graphics art and design software application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements. Useful for all graphic related work. Open source equivalent of CorelDraw and Illustrator.

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Introduction to Computers

Certificate

Absolute basic tutorials on parts of a computer, connecting the parts using cables, printer configuration, creating a gmail account, sending and receiving mails and using the Google Drive.

Useful for first-time computer users of any age group.

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Java and Netbeans

(Java) Certificate

(Netbeans) Test In Progress

Learn to use Java

Free and open source, high level, simple as well as object-oriented programming language. Included in the curriculum of schools and colleges offering Computer Science and IT subjects.

With Netbeans IDE, one can quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more

We recommend that Java series be followed with Netbeans series.

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Java Business Application

Certificate

Learn how to create a business application from scratch.

For Java Business Application series, learner should necessarily go through Java and Netbeans series beforehand.

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Joomla

Certificate

Learn how to a Content Management System for building websites, webpages, etc.

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Jmol Application

Certificate

Learn how to create 3D chemical, crystal and biomolecules structures.

This application is useful for school students (9th standard upto Post Graduation level) as well as school teachers. Very useful to teach and learn abstract chemistry concepts.

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KTurtle

Certificate

An educational programming environment which helps in learning how to build logic and how to program, in an easy manner. Some of its features are: intuitive syntax highlighting, simple error messages, integrated canvas to make drawings on, integrated help function, slow-motion or step execution, and more.

Xfig is a free and open source vector graphics editor. In Xfig, figures may be drawn using objects such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. ... and used in LaTeX and other documents.

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LibreOffice Suite

Certificate

Trains in basic computer usage skills like Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation using the LibreOffice components Writer, Calc and Impress. One can also learn other useful components like Draw, Math and Base in this series.

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Linux & Ubuntu

BOSS Linux

Certificate

Free operating system, almost neutral to virus attacks and no hassles for licensing issues.

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Linux AWK

Certificate

Linux AWK is a language for processing text files. AWK is typically used as a data extraction and reporting tool. It is a standard feature of most Unix-like operating systems. Learn how to use the wide variety of AWK commands of Linux, to handle files, directories, processes etc.

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OpenFOAM

Certificate

Open source/ free CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software available for solving and analyzing problems and to create a real world fluid flow movie. Open source equivalent to FLUENT. Widely used in Academics and is gaining popularity in Industry as well- Companies including AUDI, Tata Steel, Volkswagen, and Govt. agencies like BARC (Babha Atomic Research Center).

Works only on Linux

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OpenModelica

Certificate

OpenModelica is an open source modelling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage.It is an object oriented declarative multi domain modelling language for complex systems.

Useful for Chemical Engg students to learn how to do energy balance

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Oscad- now eSIM

Training only, No certificates

Open Source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as KiCad, Ngspice and Scilab.

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Perl

Certificate

Practical Extraction and Reporting Language commonly known as PERL is a high level, general purpose and dynamic programming language. PERL has been used in graphics, web and network programming etc and you can find it's footprints in finance and bioinformatics domain, too.

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PHP & MySQL

Certificate

Package for developing interactive websites and establishing back-end connectivity with a database - Famous websites using PHP include Facebook, Google, and Wikipedia.

QCAD is a free, open source application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D).

Learn to create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schematics and diagrams using QCAD.

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RDBMS

Certificate

RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. RDBMS is the basis for SQL, and for all modern database systems like MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft Access. PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, Windows and Mac OS. It supports most SQL data types, foreign keys, joins, views, triggers and stored procedures.. It has programming interfaces for C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby etc.

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Ruby

Certificate

Dynamic, open source, general-purpose, interpreted, true object-oriented programming language. It is a server-side scripting language similar to Python and PERL. Large programs written in Ruby are easily maintainable. It can be easily connected to DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase.

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Scilab

Certificate

Mathematical and scientific calculation software, open source substitute for MATLAB, very useful for all science and engineering students, in academics particularly.

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Single Board Heater System

Certificate

A single-board heater system is a low cost, open source, lab-in-a-box setup. It consists of a heater assembly, fan, temperature sensor, ATmega16 micro-controller and associated circuitry.

The application of this device is in the Control Systems area of Engineering. All Undergraduate level experiments and most Post graduate level control experiments can be performed on the SBHS device.

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UCSF Chimera

Certificate

UCSF Chimera is a program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data. Using Chimera, one can generate high-quality images and animations.

Useful for Chemistry students.

Typing Software

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KTouch

Training only, No certificates

Typing tutor - teaches how to type using an online interactive keyboard. Learn typing at your own pace. Gradually increase your typing speed and along with it, your accuracy.

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TuxTyping

Training only, No certificates

Typing application especially for children Start typing, Practice lessons, Play a typing game, Set a language for typing

Utility software/application

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K3B

Not for Training

Learn to burn audio/video/data CDs/DVDs using K3B

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Filezilla

Not for Training

Learn to configure and use Filezilla, a free file transfer protocol application that's easy to set-up and customize.

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Thunderbird

Not for Training

Learn to configure and use Thunderbird, a free email application that's easy to set-up and customize.

Screen-reading software for the Visually Impaired

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Orca

Training only, No certificates

Orca helps a visually-impaired person to navigate and use a PC/laptop for his/her day-to-day activities on their own without aided help.

Be a Part of the Spoken Tutorial Project

The Spoken Tutorial Project-IIT Bombay, welcomes one and all to be part of an IT revolution and contribute to spread awareness amongst students, teachers and other individuals of society. You can contribute as a -

Training Organiser

Training RESOURCE Center

Training Partner

1. Training Organiser:-

Any Staff/Officer/Faculty member can be an organiser. They make the first contact with the Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay. Later it is important that a Faculty member/Staff/Officer/Teacher become in charge of organising the training. As mentioned Organisers need not know the Software to be taught in the Training / Workshop. The Organiser will arrange the computer lab and coordinate with students, say 20-30, could be more, and fix a date and timing for the first training. He/She will take care of all the prerequisites as per the checklist, for successful conduction of the Training. He/She will be in touch with the Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay, on a regular basis to ensure that the training is successfully completed. It is mandated for almost all students in the college to get a chance to take the training. For this, the Organiser should identify Faculty from other departments to register and start requesting training sessions. Towards this he/she can involve the Principal or Director if necessary. The Organiser should also make a calendar or a time-table to arrange more batches in his own department.

2. Training RESOURCE Center

Any College / University which wishes to contribute towards IT literacy and awareness can become a RESOURCE (Robust Extensions for Spoken Tutorial project on Open Source Software Usage for Recruitment, Community and Education) Center. A RESOURCE Center can conduct remote SELF workshops in its college, for other colleges and can also train other colleges and schools in conducting Spoken Tutorial SELF training. It can identify SELF training Organisers in Polytechnic, ITI and degree colleges, in and around its district. A RESOURCE Center can create a team of students and faculty members who will work to motivate the colleges to do this software training. Faculty Resource Persons from various places in India are already actively bringing in new colleges.
Click here to see the list. In this way, the project can be spread and awareness created in the entire state. Additionally it is expected that the RESOURCE Center will train all its students as well incorporate the Software courses in the curriculum where relevant.

A RESOURCE Center will be awarded an Appreciation Letter from Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay. RESOURCE Centers can mention that they are authorised RESOURCE Centers of Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay on their website and in their advertisements.

3. Training Partner

These are universities and government bodies at state level such as DTE, CET, DET, DHE, VIT, DCE an so on. At their level and because they have a large circle of influence, such bodied can spread Spoken Tutorial based software training in a big way by Awareness - Circulars, Enabling - arranging training and appointing officers at regional/ zonal level, Monitoring - continuously motivating and urging the colleges to come forward and do the SELF Training on their campuses.

Organising Training

TRAINING

A Training is a software session which is conducted as a part of the Lab hours alongside a course present in the syllabus or which has relevance to the course taught.

For training the entire college, the chief Faculty Coordinator can put together a team of representatives from other departments who can train many more students.

Downloading Spoken Tutorials

One can easily download the above mentioned software, tutorials and instruction sheets from the following link - http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/create_cd_content. For installation and making copies on all the computers, please follow these easy steps -

Instructions for Downloading and Installing

Click on the FOSS category, Please select the Software to download which you have selected for conducting workshop. Select the language. You can select multiple languages by pressing CTRL+Click.

After selecting the software and language Click on Add.

You will see a small table which will specify the software name and language you have selected to download.

You can select more than one software as well to download by repeating Step 3 and 4.

Once the above steps are done Click on Submit.

This will prompt a window to open/save the zip file. Please save the zip file onto a pendrive. This can be used to install the course in all the systems. OR you can copy the zip folder content in CDs/DVD and use it for distribution or demonstration purposes.

Extract the content from the zip file into a folder.

Open the folder. Locate the read-me-first.txt file. Open it and read it carefully.

Follow the instructions given inside to locate the Installation and Instruction sheets. Do as directed in the Installation sheets to install the software in all the computers.

Take enough print-outs of the Instruction sheets – one for each participant.

Copy the extracted folder on each computer before the workshop.

Instructions for Training in Offline Mode

Hand out one Instruction sheet to each participant, before the training.

To begin the workshop, the participants have to open index.html file, which is present in the extracted folder.

To do so, right-click on index.html and choose Open with Firefox option.

Now, follow the instructions given in the Instruction Sheet and begin learning.

We recommend that participants should follow the sequence of topics given in the index.html file for better learning.

Summer Faculty Development and Training programs

We are very eager to work together. The scope is limitless......many departments doing many trainings, the relevant Spoken Tutorials being recommended within the curriculum, exciting summer Faculty and PG learning programs on LaTeX & Scilab. And even Linux and Libre Office for all the Admin. staff.

So just make plans and we will be with you every step of the way......a few Faculty and Officers who will act as organizers/ coordinators can fix a 2 hour training date on any Software and make a request on our website for the same. That's the way to get started. ( Click here E-Brochure )

Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay Certificates will be issued to all the faculty members who take test in the Spoken Tutorial FDP.

Guidance is provided by the team at IIT Bombay.

Process and useful links: First the organizers create a login ID and then can access all the needed forms like requesting for training.
and if you're are already registered as "Organizer" then requesting for FDP is just a click away.

Note: In Master Batch select Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) from the Department dropdown only while doing FDP for faculty.